Melrose Abbey
Melrose Abbey is a beautiful ruin of an abbey that was built in 1136 by David I for the Cistercian Order, and it was destroyed by Richard II's English army in 1385.
It is famous for many things including its magnificent and unusual sculptures that include hobgoblins, cooks with ladles, and a bagpipe playing pig. It is also famous for being thought to be the burial grounds of Robert the Bruce's heart (Melrose Abbey).
It is used in "Eighteen Hundred and Eleven" when Anna Barbauld created an allusion to Sir Walter Scott's poem by saying, "Feast with Dun Edin's classic brow their sight, And visit "Melross by the pale moonlight.""
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